“Oh my gosh, it must be true!” Jo squeals.
“What?” Briar asks.
“Tipper told me Levi asked the guys for advice on what to do when you really like a girl. They all gave him shit, of course, but it must be true!”
My stomach squeezes. Levi talked to his teammates about me? I’m about to melt into the floor with how sweet that is.
“I’ve been waiting for this,” Briar exclaims. “He’s too sweet to keep acting like he didn’t want to fall in love. Aww!”
“But who?” Charley and Rae-bae ask at the same time.
“I’m sure we’ll find out sooner or later,” Jo answers.
None of them are looking at me, but it feels as if thousands of pairs of eyes are focused on me right now. I peer down the line toward Raeann. She’s still clapping, Athena lying at her feet. I don’t even know what to think, but it’s clear my body has succumbed to the idea that Levi likes me. I’m almost out of breath. The warmest, gooiest feelings are settling in my heart, and my stomach flips with excitement.
Levi Soucy likes someone, and he just told the whole world.
12
Levi
Post game exhilaration sets in. What an amazing game. It’s like I was back in high school when my dad would come to the games, and I wanted to score so many touchdowns in front of him. That same feeling threaded through every play I was on the field for, and even managed to score three for Tab.
My teammates slap me on the back as they head to their lockers. “Sou-cy! Let’s go!”
Usually, I’m all up for celebrating when we’ve had a great game. I’ll stand with my teammates recounting plays and talking shit, but my mind is elsewhere tonight. A beautiful brown-haired girl with blue eyes.
“Alright, who is she?” Davis asks.
“Who?” I have to hide a smile in my locker for being facetious.
“Come on,” Farmer says. “We all saw it. Your little camera point and the heart.”
“You all made it clear that you don’t care.” I grab my stuff for the shower and try to walk away, even though I’m secretly loving this.
Micah shows up next, sitting on the bench by his locker. “Aren’t you going to ask us to go out?”
“Nope.”
“You always do,” Reid states.
“And you always say no,” I remind them as I make my way to the shower.
“Not always.” Farmer calls out after me.
Since I’m the first in the shower area, I get my pick of heads and wash up as quickly as possible while also doing a thorough job. I don’t know how I’m going to see Tab tonight, but I am. I pull out my phone, quickly sending a text:
Me: Are you still here?
Tab: Heading to the limo now.
Tab: I can’t believe I just texted those words. Did you know Athena has her own dog treats in that thing?
Not surprising. Micah always goes above and beyond, but I get it. If Tab wanted to ride around in a limo all the time with a chocolate colored strawberries dispenser, I’d figure out a way.
Me: I want to see you tonight.
She doesn’t respond right away, so I put the phone down and finish my shower. When I’m done, I turn off the water and grab the towel to soak up the droplets running down my torso and legs, then my hair before wrapping it around my waist.
